Curtain-pole.



PATENTED APR. 12, 1904.

No. 757,048. A. MILLER.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 8, 1903.

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A. MILLER. CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 3, 1903.

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PATENT. OFFICE.

AARON'MILLER, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTA|N-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,048, dated April 12, 1904.

Application filed October 3, 1903. $eria1No. 175,686. (NomodeL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to curtain-poles, one object residing in the provision of a sectional pole between which the curtain may be conveniently and firmly secured.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pole of such character that it may adjustably and effectually clamp curtains of different degrees of weight and textile.

It is still further designed to produce a simple, cheap, durable, neat, compact, and adjustable curtain-pole of such form and character as to dispense with the use of the rings and pins heretofore largely employed.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter clearly described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention, illustrating a curtain clamped between the pole-sections, the ornamental knobs being removed and the dotted lines indicating the position and manner of shifting the clips when it is desired to remove Fig. 2 is a detail the curtain from the pole. perspective view of one of the pole-sections, including the ornamental knobs, the clip being removed. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of one end of one of the sections, illustrating the reducedend thereof, the dotted lines indicating the extension thereof and reinforcingpiece of material. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the clips, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation illustrating a longitudinal adjustment of the pole.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the reference characters 1 and 2 designate, respectively, the upper and lower sections of the pole. The greater portion of Secured to the sides of each section of the pole and near the end thereof is arranged a U-shaped metallic clip 6, having corresponding slots 7 and 8 in its side portions extending from the back of the clip and terminating short of the free ends thereof. A corresponding series ofrecesses or notches 9 and 10 are formed in each side portion of the clip, having narrow throats entering the slots formed therein, the clips depending for support upon the working fit that the slots and recesses thereof have with the headed or other oppositely-disposed pairs of projections 11 and 12, as clearly shown in the drawings. These clips are disposed near the ends of the pole-sections, so that when the lower notches or recesses in the sides thereof are fitted upon the projections 11 and 12 each being thereby pivoted may be shifted around the extreme end of the pole, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the purpose of which will be presently comprehended, and it is to be understood that the clips may be either perfectly flat or bended about the edges, as indicated by the numeral 13.

As best shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the pole-sections are capable of longitudinal adjustment for the accommodation of various widths of curtains, the knobs or other ornaments 14 being secured to the polesections in such manner that they will not interfere with such adjustment.

When it is desired to hang and support a curtain upon my improved pole, it is only necessary to remove the upper section 1 of the pole and pass the curtain according to taste over the lower section 2 and then replace the upper section over the lower one, the curtain being therebetween, and then fasten the clips, as shown in full outlines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the dotted lines indicating, as already intimated, the position and manner of accomplishing a shifting of the clips when it is desired to remove the curtain from the pole. The same result may be accomplished whether the pole be mounted in the usual brackets or be held in any other manner.

While I have illustrated and described my preferred form of invention in detail, it is to be understood that changes in form, proportion, material, and minor details may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What is claimed is 1. A curtain-pole, comprising upper and lower sections, each section being semicircular incross-section throughout the greater portion of its length and terminating at one end in rectangular cross-sections, pairs of projecting members carried by each section, and a clip mounted upon each section for clamping them together, each clip having corresponding slots and recesses therein for cooperation with said projecting members, whereby the clips may be slidably and pivotally disposed for clamping the sections together.

2. A curtain-pole made up in longitudinal sections, each section having a pair of projections near one of its ends, and clips having corresponding slots and recesses for cooperation with said projections to clamp the sections together.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AARON MILLER. Witnesses:

CHARLES J. MOOULLOUGH, SAMUEL I. STONE. 

